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Entry Fee is $10
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Players may use their Pigskin Mania
account for their entry fee. If you have a positive
balance, your entry fee will be automatically deducted.
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Entry fees must be submitted no
later than the start of the first game for one of your
picks. If you are sending a check, it must be postmarked
on the same day of the first game by one of your picks.
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Maximum of 3 entries per player.
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Players will pick five teams from
the field of 32 and will score points for each win by
each of their five teams.
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Point values for wins by each team
were determined by the future odds posted by Vegasinsider.com.
The chart on this page lists each team and the number of
points they score for each win.
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The winner of the pool is the player
who scores the most points.
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There are no
tiebreakers. Prize money for ties will be split evenly
by players involved in the tie.
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With each win in pool play and in
the Round of 16 in the Knockout Round, teams score
points equal to their point values. In a tie, a team
will score half its point value.
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In the Quarterfinals, a winning
team's point value is multiplied by 2.
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In the Semifinals, a winning team's
point value is multiplied by 3.
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In the championship match, the
winning teams's point value is multiplied by 5.
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There are no points awarded for
teams in the third-place game.
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Entries can be submitted until
there are no longer five teams that have not played. If
the tournament starts before a you make your picks,
you may still enter the pool but you can only pick teams
that have not already started or played their first
game.
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Picks may be changed
until one of your teams starts the tournament. To change
your picks, resubmit all five picks. Once one of your
teams has started a match, all picks are locked.
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If a player makes a duplicate pick,
the duplicate pick can be corrected with another pick on
a team that has not started the tournament only if none
of your other picks has started the tournament. If the
duplicate pick is not corrected, it will be
disqualified. To correct a duplicate pick, resubmit all
five picks.
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Players are required to make picks
from this page. No text, email or fax entries will be
accepted.
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All players' picks will
be posted on this site.
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Standings will be posted
after each round.
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The pool will pay prizes to top 10%
and ties. With 255 entries, the pool will pay to 25th
place based on the chart below. The top 15 and ties will
win at least $50, and 16th through 25th and ties will
win $25. The top five places are based on the amount of
the pot left after deducting prizes for 6th through
25th.
